Bitcoin Below $10000; Value Halved Since Mid-December

Cryptocurrencies enjoyed a bumper year in 2017 as mainstream investors entered the market and as an explosion in so-called initial coin offerings (ICOs) - digital token-based fundraising rounds - drove demand for bitcoin and Ethereum.

Investors in South Korea and Japan, the two largest cryptocurrencytrading nations, were sitting on the sidelines Tuesday waiting for the regulatory uncertainty to clear before placing further bets, said Greenspan.

In an interview with Newsweek last month, bitcoin expert and former COO of Skype Michael Jackson dismissed speculation that the cryptocurrency's bubble had burst, pointing out that previous bitcoin price crashes resulted in a complete rebound.

South Korea is home to some of the biggest bitcoin exchange platforms and a ban there would disastrous for the Bitcoin infrastructure. The steep decline has also affected other major cryptocurrencies, including Litecoin, Ethereum, and Ripple.

In less than 24 hours, the crypto market dropped from a $710 billion market cap to $536 billion at the bottom of the slump.

Bitcoin dropped below $10,000 today, and it's now worth just over half of its peak value.

South Korea's Justice Minister Park Sang-ki recently proposed a trading ban and the government has put other controls into place in the face of what some see as a "cryptocurrency mania" in the country. Due to the volatile nature, governments all around the world are planning to make strict regulatory requirements for bitcoin and other digital currencies.

(The government) is considering both shutting down all local virtual currency exchanges or just the ones who have been violating the law.

The country has seen a bitcoin craze, with young and old betting on the cryptocurrency to build wealth.

Last week, it emerged that South Korea was reportedly moving to rein in speculative cryptocurrency trading with a potential bill to ban cryptocurrency trading. Eastern Time, according to Coindesk. "Most people are buying bitcoin simply because they expect it to go up in value further".

Bloomberg reports that the Lunar New Year, which usually falls between late January and early February, may also be leading Asian investors, who are major players in the space, to trade in their cryptocurrency for cash as gifts to friends and relatives.

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